Backpack or Man Purse/Satchel Forum

[twert]

Does anyone have a specific recommendation for a bag?

Twert, that sounds like what I'm looking for, what is your bag exactly?

Thanks!

i have a targus messenger bag. i like it because unlike a timbiktu or whatever it looks professional and you won't see it all over the place. it doesn't look college studentish.

[ToTransferOrNot]

Backpack for school, messenger bag for summer employment purposes.

[meddlingkid]

I recommend Reload bags, based out of Philadelphia I think:
http://www.reloadbags.com/

They make custom messenger bags AND backpacks, so you can actually get a backpack that doesn't make you look like a teenaged girl. They can pretty much create any design you want. They also have some premade stock on their website.

[Norwood]

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[pany1985]

The same L.L. Bean backpack that got me through high school is still going strong. It can be a very heavy backpack sometimes, especially with Con Law in there, but I'm not planning to buy another before I graduate.

[mikehoe]

messenger bag

can't go wrong

i have this one:
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[General Tso]

Backsatchel is the correct response

[hellokitty]

I think the messenger bag is a good, non-girly, in-between version of a man purse and a backpack. That's my vote.

[Connelly]

Also depends on your needs. I walk. A lot. Anything on only one shoulder would seem fairly nonsensical.

[madmartigan]

I'm going with the messenger bag. I used it in grad school.

1) It's easier to put on/take off, 2) you can easily swing it around and get stuff out without taking it off, and 3) on hot days backpacks amplify pit-sweat.

[extragnarls]

Timbuk2 messenger bags are on the expensive side, but FWIW I've used mine continuously for 5+ years and with the exception of worn padding in one corner it looks exactly the same as the day I bought it. If it weren't the laptop style bag with the padding on the back (that's evidently more susceptible to wear and tear), I bet I could pass it off as new.

[cake]

I've used one of these all 1L year: http://www.ebags.com/product/ebags/fire ... rief/15030#

It wouldn't have worked for me if I didn't cut the bindings off my books and drill them for a 3-ring binder, but it was great and didn't bother me in my ~.5 mile walk to school. I have a much more formal briefcase on order right now, since it is starting to wear out after 6 years of use. But the $10/year I've paid for it has definitely been worth it.

[BobSacamano]

Nothing says "Hi, I'm a student with no professional experience" like a backpack.

Good, my backpack is an accurate representation of me and the majority of my classmates.

[Royal]

I'm living on a frugal student budget here, guys.

[waxloaf]

Not sure if anyone cares very much, but I know of a few people who have pretty serious back/hip issues from carrying heavy purses and messenger bags. I'm sticking with my backpack and not screwing my posture up any further.

[jetlagz28]

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[a.shoshana]

Nothing says "Hi, I'm a student with no professional experience" like a backpack.

Nothing says, "I'd rather look metrosexual than 1) comfortably get all my books to school or 2) save myself from back issues" like a messenger bag.

[HBK]

I had a sales guy come into a clients' office with a backpack and an ill-fitting suit trying to sell website design and development...almost laughed him out the door when he took off his jansport or whatever he had, encouraged client to go with a firm where the guy came in with a briefcase for his pitch and a leather satchel later.

Leave the backpacks at undergrad / on your backpacking trip of Europe.

~m

People wearing backpacks and suits always look hilarious. I see them around the airport sometimes. Nothing says junior executive or "right out of college" more than a backpack with a suit. Plus, it always makes the suit look ridiculous.

[HBK]

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Why would you bring your clubs to class?

[McBean]

I've used one of these all 1L year: http://www.ebags.com/product/ebags/fire ... rief/15030#

It wouldn't have worked for me if I didn't cut the bindings off my books and drill them for a 3-ring binder, but it was great and didn't bother me in my ~.5 mile walk to school. I have a much more formal briefcase on order right now, since it is starting to wear out after 6 years of use. But the $10/year I've paid for it has definitely been worth it.

Wait, you do what?!

[ToTransferOrNot]

Nothing says "Hi, I'm a student with no professional experience" like a backpack.

Nothing says, "I'd rather look metrosexual than 1) comfortably get all my books to school or 2) save myself from back issues" like a messenger bag.

I'm not sure too many people are suggesting that backpacks are off-limits for going to class.

Leave them at home when it comes to work, though.

[honestabe84]

Nothing says "Hi, I'm a student with no professional experience" like a backpack.

Good, my backpack is an accurate representation of me and the majority of my classmates.

+1

Man bag is definitely metro.

[phx]

this is asinine. wear whatever you like and feel comfortable with that suits your needs.

there are way more important things to over-think.

[SamSeaborn2016]

Pshaw....bags. I'm gonna get a red rider wagon to haul my books.

[ToTransferOrNot]

this is asinine. wear whatever you like and feel comfortable with that suits your needs.

there are way more important things to over-think.

Really not true when you're talking about walking in to a firm.